A BILL to amend and reenact §18-10A-2a of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to basing county salary
supplement equivalent pay rate for division of rehabilitation
teachers on supplement of county where division administrative
headquarters are located.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §18-10A-2a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 10A. REHABILITATION SERVICES.

§18-10A-2a. Rehabilitation teachers.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary, beginning July 1, 1996,July 1, 2012, rehabilitation
teachers shall be paid at the equivalent rate of pay of teachers,
pursuant to section two, article four, of this chapter:chapter
eighteen-a of this code.Provided, That Rehabilitation teachers
shall be paid outside the public school support plan, defined in
section one, article nine-a of this chapter, and shall receive the
equivalent of the salary supplement paid to teachers employed by
the county board within the county where the facilityadministrative headquarters of the division isare located,
pursuant to section five-a, article four, of this chapter:chapter
eighteen-a of this code.Provided, however, That Any person who
received an increase in salary, pursuant to section seventeen,
article four, chapter eighteen-a of this code, prior to July 1,
1996, shall continue to receive the increased salary level.

For purposes of this section, the following words shall beare
construed as follows:

(a) "Rehabilitation teacher" means any person employed by the
division and who meets the certification requirements of section
two-a, article three, chapter eighteen-a of this code, or who has
been certified to teach by a state or nationally recognized
organization, as approved by the office of the secretary of
education and the arts. SuchThe teachers shall maintain current
certification in their teaching areas in order to remain employed
Such persons also shalland may teach only in the areas in which
they are certified. Provided, That Teachers who were employed on
or before April 1, 1995, shall beare exempt from the following
requirements:

(2) Maintenance of current certification in their teaching
areas in order to remain employed; and

(3) Teaching only in the areas in which they are certified.

(b) "Equivalent rate of pay" means an annualized rate based on
a two hundred forty-day teaching schedule and includes pay for
vacation and legal state holidays.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the basis for
paying the county salary supplement equivalent pay rate for
division of rehabilitation teachers from the county where the
facility is located to the county where the administrative
headquarters of the division are located.

Strike-throughs indicate existing language that would be
removed, and underscoring indicates new language that would be
added.